Escondido

Farther south and east, temperatures on Tuesday hit 115 degrees at Palm Springs and Death Valley National Park; 113 in Needles; 100 in Lake Elsinore; 99 in San Bernardino; 98 in Riverside and Chino; 97 in Ontario; 96 in Yorba Linda; 94 in Escondido; 89 in Santa Ana and Fullerton; 88 in Anaheim; 84 in Vista; 83 at John Wayne Airport; and 80 in Laguna Beach and Encinitas.

On Wednesday, the mercury could hit 118 degrees in Palm Springs; 103 in Palmdale; 101 in San Bernardino; 100 in Santa Clarita, Woodland Hills, Ontario, Lake Elsinore and Paso Robles; 98 in Riverside; 92 in Temecula; 89 in Anaheim, Escondido and El Cajon; 87 in downtown Los Angeles; 83 in Irvine; 82 in San Luis Obispo; and 78 in Santa Barbara.

El Camino Real opens the state playoffs on Tuesday in Division 2 with a home game against Escondido Classical Academy.

The elephants, who live at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, were engaging in a defensive behavior known as an “alert circle,” which is used in the wild to protect the youngest members of the herd from threats, said Mindy Albright, curator of mammals at the zoo.

Whitney Jacks, a mother in Escondido, recently posted in a moms group on Facebook for help finding a new pediatrician who would accept her preference to limit vaccines.